Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £740, with the most recent sale at £620. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £620 (low) to £1,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is £517–£723 (±17% around the latest sale).
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as 1401seq5tun, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.
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Latest sale
£620
24-month median
£740
24-month high
£1,100
24-month low
£620
Estimated value · likely range
£517–£723 ±17%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£470
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 113 | £650 | £440 |
| Whisky Hammer | 11 | £620 | £740 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £620 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £900 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £900 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £1,000 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £740 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £640 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £980 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £1,100 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £690 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £700 | 1 |
| September 2021 | £740 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 at auction is £620. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £740, with a high of £1,100 and a low of £620. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £620 to £1,100 (median £740).
Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £740 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.
Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £740. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £620, 24-month median £740 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.
No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 that hammers at £620 would cost the buyer approximately £781 all-in including buyer's premium.
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